Chris Fry

U.S. bosses hoard $2 trillion overseas

Hundreds of U.S. corporations’ profits that are held in overseas bank accounts nearly doubled between 2008 and 2013, when the…

April 28, 2014

Buying elections gets more expensive

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the McCutcheon v. FEC case that the wealthy could donate funds…

April 12, 2014

The people protest Albany, N.Y., oil trains

At the urging of Albany, N.Y., neighborhood residents who were joined by several environmental organizations, on March 12 Albany County…

March 31, 2014

Behind the coup in Ukraine: Oil and gas as a weapon

What do oil and gas have to do with the U.S.-sponsored crisis in the Ukraine? Lots. But that is barely…

March 20, 2014

Free Albert Woodfox now!

“I thought that my cause, then and now, was noble. They might bend me a little bit, they may cause…

March 14, 2014

The Albany, N.Y., oil train: A ticking time bomb

Albany, N.Y. — Thirteen oil-filled tanker rail cars derailed on Feb. 28 at the sprawling CSX rail yard in Selkirk,…

March 11, 2014

Broad backing for minimum wage raise

Low-wage workers are carrying out a determined and heroic struggle to force giant corporations like McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmart and others…

February 28, 2014

Leaked documents tell what NSA spy programs do

Revelations about the U.S. National Security Agency spy programs have appeared in German and Dutch magazines.  The articles’ source appears…

February 14, 2014

Chilean soccer team supports Palestine

The Club Deportivo Palestino, a first division football (soccer) team in Chile, has found a novel and dramatic way to…

January 19, 2014

‘Affluenza’ & the Marxist cure

People everywhere were shocked and outraged that the son of a Texas factory owner, Ethan Couch, was given probation after…

January 10, 2014